NEW DELHI – India’s toxic air claimed 1.24 million lives in 2017, or 12.5 percent of total deaths recorded that year, according to a study published in Lancet Planetary Health on Thursday. More than 51 percent of the people who died because of air pollution were younger than […]
NEW DELHI – India will import crude oil from Iran using a rupee-based payment mechanism, an industry source involved in discussions told Reuters on Thursday, adding that 50 percent of those payments will be used for exporting items to Tehran. India’s state-owned UCO Bank is expected to announce […]
NEW DELHI – Pilots flying Boeing Co’s 737 MAX jets in India should be trained on a simulator that replicates the suspected scenario that led to the Lion Air crash, India’s aviation regulator said in a statement on Thursday. 737 MAX passenger jet flying to Jakarta from Bali […]
Indian advertisers seeking to run political ads on Facebook Inc must now confirm their identity, location and reveal who paid for the ad, the social network said on Thursday. “By authorizing advertisers and bringing more transparency to ads, we can better defend against foreign interference in India’s elections,” […]
NEW DELHI – China and India may be talking about improving their trade relationship but there is little action to go with the words. According to Indian government officials and representatives of various Indian trade bodies, progress is very slow – and may even be getting slower after […]
Bhuj(Guj), Dec 6: Two residents of Jammu and Kashmir including a minor, allegedly involved in pelting stones at security forces, have been detained in Kutch district of Gujarat, police said Thursday. Altaf Najar(23) and a 16-year-old boy were allegedly involved in attacking security forces, and three FIRs have been […]
Lucknow, Dec 6: The Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) will assist the Special Investigating Team probing the Bulandshahr violence in which two people, including a police officer, were killed on Monday. The STF is assisting the SIT constituted by the government to probe the incident of cow slaughter […]
Kolkata, Dec 6: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday said it cannot give permission at this stage for the BJP rally in Coochbehar, scheduled to be flagged off by party president Amit Shah on Friday, after the West Bengal government refused to allow the event on the grounds that […]
open view web desk JAMMU, DECEMBER 06: Chairman, Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council, Haji Anayat Ali, senior officers and staff of the Council Secretariat today accorded warm send off to four outgoing members of the Upper House on the completion of their term, here today. A grand function […]
open view web desk SRINAGAR, DECEMBER 06: To acquaint farmers with latest technology and agricultural knowhow, a group of 120 progressive farmers of district Srinagar were flagged off for one day exposure visit by Director Agriculture Kashmir Syed Altaf Aijaz Andrabi. While interacting with the visiting farmer’s, the […]
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